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Re: cygwin/xfree86/emacs problems after upgrading
- From: jari dot aalto at poboxes dot com (Jari Aalto+mail.linux)
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com , cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com , gnu.emacs.bug <bug-gnu-emacs at prep dot ai dot mit dot edu> , Cygwin Emacs maintainer <jbuehler at hekimian dot com>
- Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 11:02:31 +0200
- Subject: Re: cygwin/xfree86/emacs problems after upgrading
- Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
- Organization: Private
- Posted-to: gnu.emacs.help
- References: <mailman.1828.1075842639.928.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
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* Tue 2004-02-03 Thomas L Roche <tlroche <AT> us.ibm.com> gnu.emacs.help
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|
| [Cygwin]
| $ emacs --debug-init &
| $ start XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -emulate3buttons
|
| I typically run 2 emacs windows (second created with C-x 5 b) and
| 1 xterm, all of which usually overlap ... until the emacs windows
| disappear, apparently randomly, although lately I'm convinced that
| emacs crashes are more likely when I'm either resizing or
| minimizing its windows. I've so far run 2 cygwin sessions today,
| once at home (with access to shared drives via a VPN) and once at
| work (directly on ethernet), and the xterm traces have been:
You're not alone. Windowed version of Emacs doesn't work under latest
Cygwin/Xfree. It either core dumps or Emacs just kills itself by
removing all frames from the display.
Perhaps Cygwin Emacs maintainer have ideas. I've CC'd him.
Jari
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